Focke-Wulf FW-190 at Immola airfield (Finland) getting its prop removed for maintenance.

FW-190 maintenance

Helmut Fickel was a highly decorated Stuka pilot and a Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross He was awarded with the Knight´s Cross by Rudel, on June 9th, 1944.. During his career he flew 800 missions.Helmut Fickel was captured by British troops in May 1945.

Helmut Fickel 

Oberstleutnant Karl-Gottfried Nordmann Nordmann claimed 78 aerial victories (69 on the Eastern front) in over 800 combat missions and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.On 17 January 1943 Nordmann's Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was involved in a collision with Oberleutnant Rudolf Busch, Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 51. Busch was killed and Nordmann, severely injured, did not fly operationally again.Photo in Smolensk April 43